I'm an instructor at a for-profit career college. Frankly, our admissions requirements are minimal. In my classroom, I often find myself teaching groups of students who possess widely differing background experiences and varying levels of academic achievement. If I design my lesson plans to cater to the lowest common denominator, my academic achievers become bored and restless. If I raise the bar a bit higher, however, my academic strugglers become discouraged and give up. What can I do to reach a middle ground while still meeting all the course objectives and allowing every student to feel empowered?